{"id":502278,"date":"2023-01-12T18:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=502278"},"modified":"2023-01-12T18:56:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:56:33","slug":"hbo-max-raises-prices-amid-programming-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/hbo-max-raises-prices-amid-programming-cuts","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max Raises Prices Amid Programming Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Goncalves, chief executive officer of Otter Media, speaks onstage at HBO Max WarnerMedia Investor Day Presentation at Warner Bros. Studios on October 29, 2019, in Burbank, California. Many HBO Max subscribers will see their subscriptions to the popular streaming service go up starting Thursday, as the beleaguered streaming service continues to make severe cuts. HBO Max&#8217;s ad-free monthly subscription will increase from $14.99 to $15.99 per month, the company announced Thursday. Current subscribers to the plan will automatically see their rates go up as of their next billing cycle. This is the first time HBO Max has announced price hikes since the service launched in 2020. &#8220;This price increase of one dollar will allow us to continue to invest in providing even more culture-defining programming and improving our customer experience for all users,&#8221; the company said in a statement. However, the price increase comes as many viewers grow frustrated with the service removing programming and canceling shows, amid a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price increase comes after high-profile program removals and cancellations, as well as broader economic uncertainty at parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-tv-videos"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}